216 RHYNCHOPHORA. — CUKCULIOKID.E. 



340 Rhyncolus Germar. 



1664 ater L. ii. 67 Ste. M. iv. 5. note. — Cu. chloropus Pz. F. xix. f. 14. 



— Black ; glabrous ; punctured ; rostrum short, broad, flat : elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, interstices flat, each with a row of minute punctures; legs and 

 antenna? pitchy-red. (L. 3 1.) Under bark of elm: Copenhagen 

 fields: 4. 



1665 lignarius Marsh, i. 275. — Ste. M. iv. 6. — Pitchy-black; glabrous: 

 head and thorax finely punctured ; the latter with an obscure ridge ; ros- 

 trum longer than the head, cylindric : elytra punctate-striate, interstices 

 flat, smooth : legs and antennae pale pitchy-red ; club of latter palest. 

 (L. 1£.1§ 1.) Bark of elm: Darenth Wood ; Hertford, &c. : 5-6. 



1666 piceus Wilkin.? — Ste. M. iv. 6. — Entirely piceous : thorax deeply 

 and thickly punctate ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices punctulate and 

 with a few scattered hairs ; rostrum moderate, punctured and porrect. 

 (L. lf-2l.) Taken (accidentally?) beneath Zostera marina, on banks of 

 Orwell, near Ipswich : 5-6. 



1667 truncorum Schuppel. — Germ. I. N. i. 308. — Ste. M. iv. 6 Pitchy; 



glabrous : thorax convex, suboval, deeply punctured ; elytra deeply punc- 

 tate-sulcate, interstices slightly convex, faintly and remotely punctured : 

 legs and antenna? pale dull red. (L. l|-2 1.) Under bark, near Cork : 

 5-6. 



341 Cossonus Clairville. 



1668 Tardii Vigors. — Cur. ii. pi. 59. — Ste. M. iv. 7. — Pitchy-black, or 

 chestnut ; rough, shining : head finely, thorax deeply, punctured ; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate, interstices rough ; legs and antenna? pitchy : ros- 

 tum in S dilated at tip, $ filiform. (L. 3-5^1.) Decayed hollies: 

 Powerscourt Waterfall, Ireland : 7. 



1669 linearis Fab. E. ii. 496. — Clairv. E. H. i. pi. 1. f. 1, 2. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 8. — Elongate ; black ; glabrous ; punctured : crown smooth ; thorax 

 with a transverse impression behind, and a faint dorsal ridge ; elytra of a 

 chestnut hue, deeply punctate-striate ; legs and antenna? pitchy- red. (L. 

 23-3 1 1.) Boleti on old willows, &c. : Battersea fields ; Holloway ; Ful- 

 ham ; Epping ; Granchester ; Cambridge ; Bristol ; Swansea : 6-7. 



342 Calandra Clairville. 



1670 granaria L. ii. 608. — Clairv. E. H. i. pi. 2. f. 1, 2.— Ste. M. iv. 9. 



— Pitchy-red, or pale dull red, glabrous, punctured ; coarsely so on the 

 thorax : elytra deeply striate, striae obscurely punctured ; legs and antennae 

 dull red. (L. H-2 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. unicolor Marsh, i. 275. — Ste. M. iv. 9. — Entirely pale dull 

 red; thorax minutely punctured ; elytra obsoletely striated. Granaries: 

 London ; Epping ; Swansea : 5-7. 



(1671 Oryzae Fab. E. ii. 438. — Herbst. C. pi. 60. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 9. note. 



— Black, or pitchy-black, coarsely punctured ; elytra with a dull red spot 

 near the base, and another towards the tip : legs and antennae dull red. 

 (L. 1-2 1.) Found in rice, London.) 



343 Baris Germar. 



1672 T. album L. ii. 609 Cu. funereus Herbst. C. vi. pi. 71. f. 3. — 



Ba. Atriplicis Ste. M. iv. 10. — Linear-elongate; shining black, punc- 

 tured ; thorax with a smooth dorsal line ; elytra striate, interstices flat, 

 with a minute row of punctures, and in fine examples (Ba. pilistriatus 

 Ste. M. iv. 10. ) a line of dusky pile; body beneath and sides of abdomen 



